Dedicated to the history of Lake Champlain and Lake George, highlighting the numerous historic sites leading up and down both waterways. Contains an extract of Samuel de Champlain's journal, describing his discovery of his namesake lake. Also maintains a rather extensive bibliography of print resources.

Covers two location s on Lake Champlain - the museum at Basin Harbor and the Burlington Shipyard. Between them, there are over a dozen exhibits covering the "maritime history and nautical archaeology of the Champlain Valley through hands-on exhibits, videos and audio displays, and historical artifacts ". The Museum also maintains the Philadelphia II, a replica of a 1776 gunboat, and the Louis McLure, a replica 1862 canal schooner.

Located at Middlebury College in Vermont, the Lake Champlain Research Consortium focuses on the ecological story of America's sixth largest lake. The website provides links to student research, photos of field trips, and summaries of regularly held workshops and conferences.